OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR MONROE COUNTY ELECTION Held on May 6, 2014 View/Download/Print Early voting by personal appearance: LOCATION: MONROE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICE 401 Main St. Madisonville, TN 37354 (DOWN the hill from the court house and across the street from White’s Marble Works) OFFICE DATES & HOURS: Office dates and hours for early voting at […]

HEALTH INSURANCE IS CHANGING What You Need To Know About The Affordable Care Act Laura Johnson Have you ever been denied health insurance because of a pre-existing health condition? Have you tried to get health insurance but found it to be unaffordable for you and your family? If so, you are not alone, and things […]

It all began with a Facebook post on the Buzz page last Friday night. The post read, “Based on the budget that the director of Monroe County schools and Board of Education are prepared to present to the county commission, we feel that The public can only assume that the classrooms, schools, teachers, and students […]

Fund Balance Shot, Expenses Smother Revenue The Monroe County Board of Education on Tuesday called an emergency budget workshop for next week to “rework” and “finalize” the school system’s 2013-14 budget. It declared that immediately following the workshop it would convene a “special called board meeting” to approve the budget. The announcement came after the board […]

Hiwassee College Out Front: Reducing Tuition by $6,000 Per Year Madisonville, TN – At a time when the price to attend college is increasing by an average rate of 20 percent every four years, the Board of Trustees at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee has taken the bold step to reduce its cost of attendance […]

Monroe County Farmer’s Market Proposed People who would like to see a good old-fashioned farmer’s market should not give up hope by any means. An interest meeting for such a market was held Tuesday at the Madisonville Farm Bureau building. Hosting were Stacy and Kara Warwick of Warwick Environmental Engineering. However, Monroe County UT Ag Extension Agent Jonathan Rhea also attended and provided useful information. “You have to […]